to hate the phrase "nudie rudie"?

If my MIL - who is lovely - ever encounters my DSs (who are 2 and 4) naked - running about after a bath, getting ready for bed, whatever - she always goes "Oooh, nudie rudie!" I've heard her say it about her DGDs too. She literally says it EVERY TIME she encounters an unclothed child.

I just hate it. I'm fairly relaxed about nakedness, and my DSs don't, yet, think that naked = rude. I'd like to preserve that for a wee bit longer. I can't seem to find a way to ask her not to say it to my DCs without sounding mean or disrespecful. So I'll just grumble on here...

My mum says "rudey dudey"... I don't think it's offensive, just a comical term, esp when accompanied with look of mock shock. If you're DCs are comfortable with their nakedness anyway as you say, then it shouldn't matter.

What would seriously mess up their self-consciousness would be if MIL didn't allow the kids out of the bathroom until they had donned full-length clothing, hats and gloves and then made them prostrate themselves on the floor & pray forgiveness to the almighty for their flagrant shame....

Oh lordy. ds aged 10 will fly past shouting "it's a rudey nudey" at some point most days, usually followed by the sound of his maniacal laughter as he sprints back up the stairs having grabbed something from the wash. I'll really miss it when he gets to the self conscious stage and doesn't do it any more, but the phrase obviously hasn't made him think nudity is wrong at any point over the last 10 years that's for sure.